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Example sentences for: deter

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So let me assure you that this is in no way intended to deter any proceedings under way in the House of Representatives, no matter how idiotic.
Warned by the CIA that the disrupted Jordanian plot was probably part of a larger series of attacks intended for the millennium, some possibly involving chemical weapons, the Principals Committee met on the night of December 8 and decided to task Clarke's Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) to develop plans to deter and disrupt al Qaeda plots.
Pakistan says this may be necessary to deter Indian aggression, since the major industrial nations failed to condemn India at their weekend summit.
Border Patrol agents were still using manual typewriters; inspectors at ports of entry were using a paper watchlist; the asylum and other benefits systems did not effectively deter fraudulent applicants.
But if this kind of tort remedy were to work effectively, it would, of necessity, deter some searches that are today conducted by errant cops who do not fear the occasional exclusion of illegally obtained evidence.